ANNIE’S ACCOUNT OF THE MATTER. 15 
Miss Winston asked Annie instead of 
Sidney, not because Sidney was not equally 
truthful, but because Annie was so much 
cooler and less excitable that her stories 
were usually more intelligible. All the 
children were aware of this; and Annie was' 
always the one called upon to give an ac¬ 
count of any of their adventures. 
“ We had been walking up the hill above 
the saw-mill, to see if we could find any 
lupins in blossom,” Annie began, “and we 
had got a great many ; and then we thought 
we would come round by the mill-pond, 
because Daisy wanted to see the frogs and 
fishes. You know you said we might go 
that way if Dick went with us.” 
“I know,” said Miss Louisa. 
“Well, when we came round from behind 
the mill we saw Short’s boy, and two 
others, shouting and setting their dogs on 
something in the water; and presently we 
saw that it was this kitten in an old wooden 
bowl. Dick sent Bruno in after her first; but 
she was as much afraid of him as she was 
of the others, and the other dogs attacked 
him, so he could not do any thing. So Dick 
jumped in himself, with all his clothes on, 
